Oct
16
Incongrous
October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
So I’m going to be a bit circumspect here, because it’s somewhat intrusive, but nevertheless of interest to me.
As I’ve already mentioned, I was on a plane yesterday, and I was some combination of surprised and disappointed at one of the passengers who came wandering through the curtain from the posh bit at the front. […]
Oct
15
Speedy
October 15, 2007 | Comments Off
Meanwhile, in the fast moving world of Liberal Democrat politics, I parked at the airport this afternoon listening to some senior LibDems on the radio saying that Menzies Campbell should resign as leader. And by the time I got off the plane, he had.
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Oct
14
On This Day In History…
October 14, 2007 | 4 Comments
…. In the year Two Thousand and Six to be exact, The Mrs and I became The Mrs and I. Yes, that’s right, today’s the first anniversary, and we’ve made it through a year without divorcing or killing each other, while also spending months dealing with all the stress associated with the flat(s) sales […]
Oct
14
Define ‘Proof’
October 14, 2007 | Comments Off
The ongoing press coverage of the Madeleine McCann nonsense continues to distance itself further and further from reality, and indeed journalism. Today’s News Of The World front page shouts “Maddie Kidnap - The Proof”, over a story that explains there’s now proof that Madeleine was kidnapped from that room, rather than just wandered off, because […]
Oct
12
Thursdays Are (Mostly) Funny
October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment
BBC Two are running a new comedy strand on Thursdays under the umbrella “Thursdays Are Funny”. The line up as of last night is The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and The Graham Norton Show. The latter I won’t discuss, because it’s just the latest iteration of the […]
Oct
10
Living The Dream
October 10, 2007 | Comments Off
So last night More4 broadcast a programme in their True Stories strand called Czech Dream. It was made as a final project by two Czech film school students, and followed their project to create an entire marketing campaign around the opening of a new hypermarket that didn’t exist, all the way from the creation […]
Oct
5
Oh Thank God
October 5, 2007 | 1 Comment
Natasha Kaplinksi is leaving the BBC to go to Channel Five.
Now there’s absolutely no chance that I might accidentally stumble across her doing that “keeping a seat warm until a real journalist comes along” routine while I’m watching a serious news programme.
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Oct
5
This Queen Thing (Revisited)
October 5, 2007 | Comments Off
So Peter Fincham has resigned over ‘Queengate’, which I blogged about a few months ago.
To call the whole affair a storm in a teacup is to undervalue every previous storm in every previous teacup. This whole ‘trust in the media’ extravaganza has got wholly out of hand, and the sooner we get out of […]
Oct
5
On Yer Bike
October 5, 2007 | 1 Comment
Bicycling fever has swept through More A Way Of Life Towers. The Mrs has bought two bikes in the last week, though to be fair, one of them is ending up being mine.
This is a culmination of various factors including the collective need to take more exercise and the fact that when we get out […]
Oct
5
On Yer Todd
October 5, 2007 | Comments Off
Trailer for Tim Burton’s version of Sweeney Todd is up, and I think it looks great. I’ve always wanted to see the show live, but this looks like a good alternative for a winter night out.
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